Wednesday 29 December 2010

The tale of Tony and the Badger

Once upon a time, in a land far far away there lived a boy called Tony who had long curly hair. Tony loved his curly hair and thought his hair was the best in all the land. But Tony would become very jealous if anyone had hair that rivalled his. 
One day when coming back from The Cribs gig he spotted a badger strolling along the pathway. But this was no ordinary badger. This badger had amazing hair! Tony became so jealous. He could not stand that this badger with his fandabby doobie hair was cooler than him. So he grabbed a chupa chub lolly pop out of his pocket gave it a mighty lick and threw the strawberry and cream lolly, where it landed right on the badgers back! The badger started to cry as Tony pointed and laughed. The badger called for help and a pigeon came to his aid and helped peck the lolly out of the badgers hair. 
But the badgers fur had become all sticky and had to go and ask a duck to help him wash it out. The duck was very good at cleaning but in return for his help wanted a loaf of bread. So the badger had to travel far and wide to track down a unicorn who could help him repay the duck. So the magical unicorn searched for Tony and found him staring at his reflection in the back of a tea spoon. The unicorn snuck up behind Tony and poked him up his bottom which made him squeal and squeak in shock. The unicorn told Tony off for being very, very naughty and to stop bullying the woodland creatures for having better hair than him. 
Tony felt very sorry for upsetting the badger and ran to his kitchen and baked 7 loafs of bread to give to the duck. He apologised to badger for being mean and begged for his forgiveness and gave badger a life long supply of hairspray. The badger was very kind and forgave him and asked Tony to be his friend, and from that day Tony and the badger became the best of friends. They both had many adventures together and became known as the pair with the most stylish swishy hair.
The end.

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Snow Queen: Maxi Dresses

I spotted on Topshop's website a while ago their trend feature titled SNOW QUEEN and it really excited me. With gorgous pastel neutral tones and beautiful textures layered upon one another. The word to describe it is "mesmerizing".
The key piece for me was the stunning chiffon beaded maxi dress, which is perfect to wear for the winter season, capturing the essence of the theme Snow Queen. 
This inspired me to post my 12 favourite 'Snow Queen' inspired maxi dresses, of course starting with the Topshop wonder:
Topshop Limited Edition Maxi Dress
 Alexander McQueen Fall 2006
John Galliano Fall 2009
 Acne Fall 2010
 Vera Wang Fall 2008
 Topshop Unique Spring 2011
 Alexander McQueen Spring 2007
 Marc Jacobs Fall 2010
 Marc Jacobs Spring 2010
 Chanel Couture Fall 2009
 Chanel Couture Fall 2009
 Vivienne Westwood Spring 2007

(First image from topshop.com all other images from style.com)

Thursday 2 December 2010

Nick Knight and the Laser Beams

The music: PARTY HORSE 'LASER BEAM'

The visual: NICK KNIGHT










Witch VS Ethereal

I am and will always be in love with gothic Witchy stylings and well.. everything that is Ethereal. Both are quite contrasting as one is dark and mysterious and the other is magical and whimsical, but despite that they both are kinda connected and complement one another. Wicca is a nature oriented religion, which ties both witch and ethereal together.


I spotted this super cute Kleenex advert which contains both characters:



Isn't it cute!

I love both witch and ethereal fashion stylings so much and simply couldn't pick one over the other. I do mainly dress more ethereal-ie than gothy but do want to mix both the stylings together more, as it creates a gritty pretty edge.
Here are a selection of fashion editorials where Witch vs Ethereal fashion stylings:

WITCH
ETHEREAL